Election's bigoted blowback

11:00 AM,
Mar. 15, 2013

Written by

Bruce Loftin
OPINION

A recent Associated Press analysis revealed explicit anti-black attitude has increased to 51 percent from 48 percent in 2008. More importantly, implicit anti-black sentiment has risen to 56 percent from 49 percent over the same period.

The Southern Poverty Law Center notes, "The number of Patriot groups, including armed militias, grew by 755 percent in the first three years of the Obama administration - from 149 at the end of 2008 to 1,274 in 2011.'' ...